Today was the last week of the class for kids with Conduct Disorder. They have exams next week and then summer vacation because they go to a private school so they are on a North American schedule.
Did you know that the schools here only go up to 11th grade? I didn't until last week. I guess here it doesn't make as much difference because the people don't go away to college and live in dorms, they stay with family until they are married. So they are not on their own after high school the way we are in the US.
I had to write an evaluation of the class for the school and now I am in the middle of writing individual evaluations for each kid. Some of them are hard to write because some of the kids are having some serious problems. No parent wants to read something that says their kid is really messed up! I am trying to soften the blow while still getting the point across. It's not easy. Haven't spent this much time at my computer since college.
These are some of my crazy kids on our last day
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| Seven of the 12 perfectly posed |
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| Two seconds later... Can you see why they are a handful? (This is NOT staged.) |
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| Of course you have to have a selfie when you're working with teens |
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| They signed this for me ♥ |
The good news is they all said they learned a lot and enjoyed the class. They even wrote that on the schools evaluation form. It was the hardest thing I've done so far, but I believe it was a success.
Part of me wishes I had more time to work with them. Part of me is really glad it is done.
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